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Important files inaccessible after clean install of OS despite backup on external HDD
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<blockquote data-quote="Errol246" data-source="post: 1341486" data-attributes="member: 228839"><p>Hello everyone,</p><p></p><p>I just finished doing a fresh, clean install of Mac OS X lion on my macbook pro. Prior to reformatting the hard drive and installing the OS, I made a backup of <em>everything</em> present on the hard drive on an external, Wester Digital, 500 GB HDD. Some of the most important ones were the notes I have taken during my first half year of high school and, ironically enough, when I plugged in the HDD to retrieve some of my previous files, the most important files were the only files I could not get access to.</p><p></p><p>Before I backed everything up, the files I talk about were located on the desktop. I backed up absolutely <em>everything</em>. I even double checked if everything was there several times. I made sure that my subject notes were there; I had complete access to them and could even go in an edit my documents. But now I can't even see the files.</p><p></p><p>If you look at the image I've attached, you can see that the folder "Desktop", which used to be a light-blue, accessible folder just like all the others, now looks like a blank piece of paper with a small, black arrow in the corner.</p><p></p><p>When I then click it (look at the second, attached picture), the following text box comes up (and I translate):</p><p></p><p>"<em>The action cannot be carried out because the original topic for "desktop" does not exist.</em></p><p></p><p>What the **** have I done? Will I ever be able to retrieve those school notes, which I have spent countless hours writing? If so, how can I do that?</p><p></p><p>Thank you in advance.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]16456[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]16457[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Errol246, post: 1341486, member: 228839"] Hello everyone, I just finished doing a fresh, clean install of Mac OS X lion on my macbook pro. Prior to reformatting the hard drive and installing the OS, I made a backup of [I]everything[/I] present on the hard drive on an external, Wester Digital, 500 GB HDD. Some of the most important ones were the notes I have taken during my first half year of high school and, ironically enough, when I plugged in the HDD to retrieve some of my previous files, the most important files were the only files I could not get access to. Before I backed everything up, the files I talk about were located on the desktop. I backed up absolutely [I]everything[/I]. I even double checked if everything was there several times. I made sure that my subject notes were there; I had complete access to them and could even go in an edit my documents. But now I can't even see the files. If you look at the image I've attached, you can see that the folder "Desktop", which used to be a light-blue, accessible folder just like all the others, now looks like a blank piece of paper with a small, black arrow in the corner. When I then click it (look at the second, attached picture), the following text box comes up (and I translate): "[I]The action cannot be carried out because the original topic for "desktop" does not exist.[/I] What the **** have I done? Will I ever be able to retrieve those school notes, which I have spent countless hours writing? If so, how can I do that? Thank you in advance. [ATTACH=full]16456[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]16457[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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